The nuclear lies of Jens
Stoltenberg
« Russian missiles are a
danger » - the alarm was sounded by the Secretary General of NATO, Jens
Stoltenberg, in an interview with Maurizio Caprara published in the Corriere
della Sera, three days before the « incident » in the Sea of Azov
which added fuel to the already incandescent tension with Russia [1].
« There are no new missiles in Europe. But there are Russian missiles,
yes », began Stoltenberg, ignoring two facts.
First : as from March 2020, the United States will
begin to deploy in Italy, Germany, Belgium, and Holland (where B-61 nuclear
bombs are already based), and probably also in other European countries, the
first nuclear bomb with precision guidance in their arsenal, the B61-12. Its
function is primarily anti-Russian. This new bomb is designed with penetrating
capacity, enabling it to explode underground in order to destroy the central
command bunkers with its first strike. How would the United States react if
Russia deployed nuclear bombs in Mexico, right next to their territory? Since
Italy and the other countries, violating the non-proliferation Treaty, are allowing
the USA to use its bases, as well as its pilots and planes, for the deployment
of nuclear weapons, Europe will be exposed to a greater risk as the first line
of the growing confrontation with Russia. Second : a new US missile system was installed in
Romania in 2016, and another similar system is currently being built in Poland.
The same missile system is installed on four warships which, based by the US
Navy in the Spanish port of Rota, sail the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea close
to Russian territory. The land-based installations, like the ships, are
equipped with Lockheed Martin Mk41 vertical launchers, which – as specified by
the manufacturer himself – are able to launch « missiles for all missions :
either SM-3's as defence against ballistic missiles, or long-range Tomahawks to
attack land-based objectives ». The latter can also be loaded with a
nuclear warhead. Since it is unable to check which missiles are actually loaded
into the launchers parked at the frontier with Russia, Moscow supposes that
there are also nuclear attack missiles, in violation of the Intermediate-Range
Nuclear Forces Treaty, which forbids the installation of intermediate- and
short-range missiles on land bases.
On the contrary, Stoltenberg accuses
Russia of violating the INF Treaty, and sends out a warning : « We
can not allow the Treaties to be
violated without punishment ».
In 2014, the Obama administration accused
Russia, without providing the slightest proof, of having tested a Cruise
missile (SSC-8) from a category forbidden by the Treaty, announcing that
« the United States are considering the deployment of land-based missiles
in Europe », in other words, the abandon of the INF Treaty. This plan,
supported by the European allies of NATO, was confirmed by the Trump
administration : in the fiscal year of 2018, Congress authorised the
financing of a programme of research and development for a Cruise missile to be
launched from a mobile platform. Nuclear
missiles of the Euromissile type, deployed by the USA in Europe during the
1980's and eliminated by the INF Treaty, are capable of hitting Russia, while
similar nuclear missiles deployed in Russia can hit Europe but not the USA.
Stoltenberg himself, referring to the SSC-8's that Russia had deployed on its
own territory, declared that they are capable of reaching most of Europe, but
not the United States ». This is how the United States defends Europe.
And in this grotesque affirmation by
Stoltenberg, who attributes to Russia « the highly perilous idea of limited nuclear conflict », he
warns : « All atomic weapons are dangerous, but those which can lower
the threshold for use are especially so ». This is exactly the warning
sounded by US military and scientific experts about the B61-12's which are on
the verge of being deployed in Europe : « Low-powered, more accurate
nuclear weapons increase the temptation of using them, even to using them first
instead of as a riposte ».
The Corriere della Sera
is a historical Italian daily newspaper, founded in Milan in 1876. Published by
RCS MediaGroup, it is the most important Italian daily in terms of distribution
and the number of readers.
il manifesto, November 27, 2018
Translation: Pete Kimberley
[1] « Un pericolo i
missili russi. Così Mosca punta a dividere l’America dall’Europa », Maurizio
Caprara, Corriere della Sera, 18 November 2018.
NO WAR NO NATO
https://www.pandoratv.it/category/opinioni/manlio-dinucci-opinioni/
Manlio Dinucci
Geographer and geopolitical scientist. His latest books are: Laboratorio di geografia, Zanichelli 2014 ; Diario di viaggio, Zanichelli 2017 ; L’arte della guerra / Annali della strategia Usa/Nato 1990-2016, Zambon 2016, Guerra Nucleare. Il Giorno Prima 2017; Diario di guerra Asterios Editores 2018.
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